thursday, february 6, 2003 5:41 pm dr. finbar goes to the pictures with a mannequin Hello fEllow motiLe organisms and other Perambulators, getting straight to the point: last week We atE a lot of grapefruit. this week neil is still writing from under his desk, and sam and pete are still at the pub. fortunately, however, we Are close to REcovering from our misadventure at the yak a couple of weeks ago. yes, cLOSe, but noT cloSe enOugh. and what's MorE, the kevlar flak jackets We Had ordEREd haven't arrived yet. so, as you may have already concluded, we will not be appearINg in public during thiS Interval of seven Days (wEek). next week if you pray hard for our continuing recovery, we mAy recover. coming up soon we've booked the old Colonial hotEl for fRiday, fEbruAry 21. Looks like you'll be aBle to hear five different, and mOst eXcellent, acts if you show uP. the idea is to ceLebrate nEil's phd-pAsSing fEat, but really we want to run through our whole set in front of an audience before we Confront the hoons of mildurA. and why not caLL on some of our talenTed friends to play as well? anyHow, wE'll keep you up to date. finbar competition mk iii the competition Has now clOsed. ouR judges are Slaving away, and wE expect a DecisiOn Coming from Them soOn. the prize-winneR will be notified as soon as we have a result to hand. that's all for now, the dr. finbar trio